Bill Collins is ill. His status as world’s fastest man over 60 may not be tested this season. In response to a query I sent him last week, he replied: “Thanks … for your concern and everyone in the masters
Britain native Ian Gillespie, 41, won the masters mile in 4:22.18 and American Lisa Valle took the masters 3,000 yesterday at the Portland Track Festival — in races notable for no-shows as much as their marks. Women’s race organizer Joanna
At Lahti worlds in 2009, the late Alfred Proksch had the honor of being the lone M100 entrant. At Sacramento 2011, that distinction falls to Trent Lane. Like Alfred, Trent is primarily a thrower. I met Trent at Charlotte nationals
Here’s the schedule for the National Senior Olympics, which came out today — only seven days before the meet opens. That has to be a record for causing frustration. No friends made here, but once you’ve paid your entry fees,
This Saturday at the Portland Track Festival in Oregon, the men’s and women’s masters races have potential to generate a handful of American records. Joanna Harper, organizer of the masters women’s 3000, writes: “Carmen Ayala-Troncoso will be back and might
Yup, Zola Budd is entered at Sacramento — in the W45 5000 and 8K cross country race. Yowza. She’s a legend for her 5K world record at age 17 (when she ran barefoot) and for a little pileup at the
Tecumseh Peete of Georgia, a national-class M40 sprinter and M35 relay WR man, shares the sad news that he’ll have to skip major 2011 meets. His reason is sadder. He writes: “Some of you may not have known; in January
Perth, in Western Australia, is one of four bidders for the 2015 World Masters Athletics Championships, and its promotional website is now online here. Of course, the president of World Masters Athletics is an Aussie — Stan Perkins. So he’ll
Thanks to Andy Hecker’s legwork and Grace Padilla’s legs and lungs, the bogus-beyond-belief W40 American record for 1500 meters will be toast. Grace turned 40 on May 29, and on June 4 at Mount San Antonio College she ran the
Time schedules are now posted on the WMA Sacramento website. See them here. The 17-page PDF document is searchable, but I hope the organizers find a way of conveying the information via a web page as well. Many other major
Less than two months after his monster WR in the marathon, Ontario’s Ed Whitlock lowered the M80 world age-group record in the track 5000 to 21:02.38 Sunday at the Ontario Masters Athletics Championships at Varsity Stadium, reports Doug Smith. “Ed
Jeff Laynes, continuing his M40 debut sprint tour and aiming for open nationals, ran a nifty 10.78 legal 100 Saturday at Mount San Antonio College at the local USATF SoCal Association Open Championships. See results here. We also note a